National and International Fairs

With a quarter of a million visitors in 2018, the CARAVAN SALON in Düsseldorf cemented its leading role among the caravanning trade fairs in Germany. 12 percent of the visitors came from abroad. The number of visitors reached a new all-time high, as did the net exhibition area and the number of exhibitors. International companies accounted for more than a third of this and occupied a good quarter of the exhibition space.

The second most important caravanning fair in Germany is the “CMT” in Stuttgart. At the world’s largest public trade fair for tourism and leisure, caravanning as well as other tourism themes will be presented. Around 110,000 people, i.e. just under half of the visitors, came to the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre primarily because of the caravanning offer.

The fairs “Reise/Camping” in Essen, CARAVANING HAMBURG as part of the “oohh!” in Hamburg, “abf” in Hanover, “Touristik & Caravaning” in Leipzig, “f.re.e” in Munich and “Freizeit, Touristik + Garten” in Nuremberg experienced successful events.

With a new record of over 250,000 visitors, CARAVAN SALON 2018 proved its outstanding position as the world’s most important caravanning trade fair. The net exhibition area grew as did the number of exhibitors. The international significance of the fair is underlined by the fact that around one third of the exhibitors come from abroad.

The majority of international caravanning fairs experienced a positive year in 2018. The “National RV Trade Show” in Louisville/USA took place in 2017 for the last time in its previous form.

The Australian trade fair landscape is regionally structured, with three regional events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney instead of one national trade fair.